AMD Ryzen Z1 vs Intel Core i9-12900KF. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  AMD Ryzen Z1 Intel Core i9
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 7040 Intel Core i 12000
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Generation
  6 12
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i9-11900KF

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Frequency
  3.50 GHz 3.70 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 740M Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S)
• GPU frequency
  1.20 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  2.50 GHz 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  4 32
• Shader
  256 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 16 GB
• Max. displays
  4 4
• Generation
  10 12
• Technology
  4 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2023 Q4/2021

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-12900KF and AMD Ryzen Z1. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR5-5600LPDDR5X-7500 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 256 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Z1 and Intel Core i9-12900KF to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL2)
  -- 228 W / 56 s
• TDP up
  30 W --
• TDP down
  15 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Z1 and AMD Ryzen Z1, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  4 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  FP8 LGA 1700
• L2-Cache
  6.00 MB 3.75 MB
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB 30.00 MB
• Architecture
  Phoenix (Zen 4) Alder Lake S
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• Release date
  Q3/2023 Q4/2021
• Part Number
  -- BX8071512900KF